Cover seal for vaults



NOV. 21, 1933. c STRElB 1,936,122

COVER SEAL FOR VAULTS Filed July 26, 1932 INVENTOR BY awaj m a ATTOR NEY Patented Nov. 21, 1933 PATENT OFFICE UNITED STATES,

COVER SEAL FOR VAULTS' Charles J. Streib, New Castle, Pa. ApplicationJuly 26, 1932. Serial No. 624,799 1 Claim. (01. 27-17) The object ofthis invention is the provision of a metal burial vault and a metal lidor cover for the vault in which these parts are shaped or formed topermit of the same being connected together by a suitable cement toestablish a firm,

substantially air-tight and practically unbreakable joint therebetween.

A further object is to provide a metal vault with oppositely extendingflanges adjacent to the open top thereof and a metal lid or closurehaving inner and outer depending continuous flanges at and adjacent toits edges to afford therebe-' tween a trough for a plastic cement, andwhich flanges rest upon the flanges of the vault to spread and cause thecement to adhesively secure the lid or cover on the vault.

To the attainment of the above broadly stated objects and others whichwill appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, theimprovement further resides in certain novel features of construction,combination and operative association of parts, one satisfactoryembodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanying draw- In thedrawing: Figure 1 is a transverse sectional View through a metal vaultand lid in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectional view through thelid and the upper portion of the vault.

Figure 3 is-a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

The body of the vault is preferably constructed from a single sheet ofcopper bent to rectangular formation and having its confronting edgeswelded. The lower edges of the body 1 are flanged inwardly to aifordsupports for the bottom 2 which is welded to the said flanges. The vaultbody is reinforced by metal braces which are welded thereto and by aframe-like member 3 that is supported on the said braces and which isdispose-d in a line with and slightly below the open top of the vault.

Welded to the upper edges of the vault there is a cross sectionallyround wire member 4 and this wire is surrounded by a central and roundedportion 5 of a metal plate whose sides 6 are in contact with the innerand outer faces of the vault body and which sides 6 merge intooppositely extending flanges '7, respectively. The plate is in thenature of a continuous member, wholly surrounding the opentop of thevault, and the flanges 7 project both inwardly and outwardly withrespect to the vault. The substantially inverted T-shaped continuousmember or plate is welded to both the innerand outer faces of the vaultbody. The top or lid for the vault, indicated by the numeral 8 is alsoin the nature of a copper plate and the said cover has its edges formedwith a continuous downwardly extending flange 9 whose lower portion isrounded inwardly, as at 10. Parallel with but spaced from the flange 9there is welded to the inner face of the lid or cover 8 another plate 11whose lower edge is rounded inwardly, as at 12. The plate or flange 11is also continuous, and the flanges 9 and 11 afford a troughtherebetween. The flanges 9 and 11 are reinforced by continuous anglemetal plates 13 which are welded to the respective flanges and to the,top 8, and the horizontal elements of these angle plates 13 are spacedaway from each other to afford a continuous depression or groove 14therebetween.

The trough afforded by the continuous flanges 9 and 11 is packed with aplastic cement 15, such as iron furnace cement and the inwardly directedor rounded ends 10 and 12 of the said flanges hold the cement in thetrough. The lid is placed over the vault to permit of the, upper or opentop of the vault being received in the trough. The lid is compressed inthe direction of the vault, causing the cement to spread against theinner walls of the trough, into the continuous groove 14 and against thetop, sides and flanges of the continuous reinforcing metal member at thetop of the vault, the compression being sufficient to cause the outeredges of the flanges 9 and 10 to contact with or to be brought almostinto contact with the flanges '1 or the continuous reinforcement for thetop of the vault body.

With my improvement it the lid or cover may be easily and quicklyattached to the vault to comprise a practically integral partthereof.The cement renders the joint between the lid and vault air andwater-proof. The holdwill be apparent that ing cement is not exposedwhen the lid is arranged on the vault, and the copper construction ofthe vault and its lid produces a rust proof body.

Having described the invention, 1 claim:

A cover seal for vaults including a body having vertical walls and acover, a wire like element fixed to the upper edges of the walls, aplate bent to conform to said element and into engagement with the innerand outer faces of the walls and fixed thereto, said plate havingportions bentto extend a right angles to the inner and outer faces ofthe walls to provide oppositely extending supporting flanges, inner andouter depending plates on the cover to straddle the first-named plateand having their lower edges curved inwardly towards each other to forma trough, cement filling the trough and adhering to the supportingflanges and filling the spaces between the latter and the free edges ofthe depending plates.

CHARLES J. STREIB.

